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Poaceae
Stinkgrass
Eragrostis cilianensis
Also known as Eragrostis flexuosa, Eragrostis megastachya var. verrucosa, Eragrostis cilianensis f. megastachya, Eragrostis starosselskyi
Native Plants · Grass · Annual · Drought · Self-Seeding · Naturalize · Resilient · Rock-Garden · Disturbed-Soil · Weedy · Hardy
Stinkgrass is a resilient annual grass that tolerates poor soils and some drought conditions. It self-seeds readily and can naturalize in disturbed areas or rock gardens. Requires minimal care once established but may have an unpleasant odor when crushed.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, tolerates some drought once established · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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